Academic Standards of Progress for Recipients of Financial Aid

Academic Standards of Progress for Recipients of Financial Aid

According to federal and state guidelines, students must maintain satisfactory academic progress at the end of each term to
be eligible to receive financial aid.

Moraine Valley Community College has established the following standards of progress for students receiving federal
and state financial aid.

Grade Point Average (Qualitative) standardStudents must maintain a 2.0 or higher cumulative GPA
(When repeating a course, the first course taken and courses in which students receive W or I are not included in the GPA
calculation.)

Completion Rate (Quantitative) standardStudents must earn credit for at least 67
percent of the cumulative credit hours
enrolled (Completion rate is calculated by dividing credit hours successfully completed by credit hours attempted at Moraine
Valley.
For repeated courses the first course taken is not added into hours completed. Successfully completed courses
are courses where student earns a grade of A, B, C, or D; grades of I, W or F are not considered successful completion.)

Maximum Time Frame standardEligibility for
financial aid is suspended once the student attempts over 150
percent of the credit hours required to complete the student’s
program. For example, if a student is enrolled in a 62-credit-hour
degree program, financial aid will be suspended once the student has
attempted more than 93 credit hours.
(See below for a definition of credit hours attempted.)

Credit hours attempted include developmental and remedial courses and transfer
credit from another institution. "F" grades can be forgiven for the student's
transferrable GPA (see college catalog). However, the "F" forgiveness policy does
not pertain to financial aid. Therefore, ALL credit hours resulting in an
"F" grade are included as credit hours attempted
and are included in the financial aid GPA. "F" grades do not result in the awarding of college credit and credit
hours that result in an "F" grade are not included in credit hours successfully completed.

Federal regulations require that the standards of progress for
recipients of financial aid be applied to a student's entire academic
performance at Moraine Valley regardless of whether or not financial aid has previously been received.

Student records will be reviewed at the end of each semester, including summer session. If student fails to meet the standards
of academic progress he/she will be placed in one of the following categories:

Warning: The first time a student fails to maintain a minimum cumulative GPA
of 2.0 and/or has earned less than 67 percent of the hours attempted. (Students placed on warning are still eligible to receive financial
aid for the following semester and remain on warning permanently unless the student's status changes to suspension).

Suspension: The second time a student fails to achieve a cumulative GPA of 2.0
and/or has earned less than 67 percent of the hours attempted. (Students placed on suspension are ineligible for any federal
or state aid.)

Probation: A student will be placed on probation if their financial aid appeal
is approved by the Financial Aid Appeals Committee.

Students applying for a Direct Loan (subsidized or unsubsidized) must have at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA for the loan
to be disbursed. There is no probationary period or appeal procedure for student borrowers.

Procedure for Appeal and Reinstatement

Reinstatement of financial aid eligibility can occur after classes have been taken at the student's own expense,
a minimum 2.0 GPA has been achieved, and the required 67 percent completion rate has been attained.

If a student's lack of achievement was caused by extenuating circumstances, students may submit an appeal with proper
documentation to the Financial Aid Office. Please contact the Financial Aid Office at (708) 974-5726 to schedule an
appointment to begin the appeal process. (Extenuating circumstances may include
an illness, accident, death of a family member, or an unavoidable circumstance.
Appropriate documentation must be included with the appeal otherwise it will be denied.)